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TO ALL WI-IOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS ELDER, of Chester, in the district of Chester, and State of South Carolina., have invented an Improved lashing Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this. specification- Figure I being a top view of the machine.

Figure 2, a vertical section thereof'from front to back.

Figure 3, a view ofthe rubber' by itself.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all of the figures.

The tub or box A may be conveniently made in Vthe manner and of the 'form represented in the drawings, and with removable legs cq a, as shown, for compaetness in transport-ingand storing. It has overhanging ledges h h und 'z', inside near the top, on which the removable cover H' rests, as shown; the cover being so arranged,

as to enter under the roller C of the rubber. This employment o-f the overhanging ledges perfectly guards against any sputtering of the water, so that the machine is very neat and tidy in use. The tub may flare a little toward the top, at the two ends atleast. At one end is a stationary grooved or corrugated Wash-board, G, againstV which the clothes are pressed and rubbed by the action of the rubber B. The rubber Bis secured obliquely down-` ward and forward, between two side-bars b b, the attachment being by dove-tail joints ff, as seen in tig. 3, It is grooved or corrugated on the front inclined side. There is a dasher-board, g, at` the upper edge, projecting both above and below the-rubber, for the purpose of keeping the clothes more securely in front of the rubber, and to cause thewater to 'flow more abundantly among the clothes, and to cause greater agitation. The upper ends of the side-bars b b are connected by the roller C, which projects through them and forms journals c that rest in bearings in the sides of the tub or box A, wherein the rubber swings or vibrates. The journals are covered and held in place by caps l Z which swing but and in readily, as indicated in fig. l, so that the rubber can very easily be removed and replaced. The rubber has a handle, D, for operating.

What I claim as iny invention, and desire to secure by Let-ters Patent, is

The combined arrangement of' the ledges h h -L' 1,', cover H., rubber B, movable journal-caps l Z, and dasherboard g, both above and below the rear or upper edge of the rubber B, as specified.

The above specification ot' my improved washing machine signed by me this day ot' 1866.

FRANCIS ELDER.

Witnesses:

D. LECKIE, T. A. KENDRICK. 

